Debbie Kade’s

Cream Puffs

 

 

Pastry

 

1 cup Water

½ cup Butter

1 cup Flour

4 Eggs

 

 

1.      Heat oven to 400° Fahrenheit.

2.      Heat water and butter in a sauce pan and bring mixture to a rolling boil.

3.      Stir in flour over low heat and continue stirring until mix forms a ball.

4.      Remove from heat.

5.      Hand mix in eggs all at one time into sauce pan and continue to mix until smooth.

6.      Drop ¼ cupfuls of mixture 3 inches apart onto ungreased  baking sheet.

7.      Bake 35 to 40 minutes.

8.      Cool pastry away from any drafts.

9.      Cut off tops of pastry and fill when cool.

 

 

Filling

 

1 cup Whole Milk

1 package of French Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix.

2 cups of chilled Heavy Whipping Cream.

 

1.      Blend pudding mix and milk at low speed.

2.      Add chilled cream and beat until stiff peaks form.

3.      NOTE: For a stiffer and creamier filling, I use half and half instead of the whole milk.